Monday, 25 July 2016

I don't think I've been to a wedding so full of fun. Maggy's "Oui" in the Mairie was immediate and strong, whereas Anthony teased with a thoughtful look and then a considered "Oui"..

The humour continued in the church service. Thimeo raced down the aisle ahead of his mum, with a poster. He was going so fast we couldn't read it but Anthony showed it off afterwards. Basically, too late to flee; she's arrived!

A proud walk for Maggy's father...

The signing...

And because Anthony is a member of the Sapeurs Pompiers, there was a very special guard of honour..

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

By 10:30 we were installed in our camping chairs by the roadside at the approach to the commune of Orches. This was Stage 4 of the race - Saumur/ Limoges (237.5 km).We met up with friends and were soon entertained by the caravane publicitaire. As the name suggests, this is a convoy of amazingly constructed vehicles provided by the various sponsors. Freebies are thrown out to the crowd all along the route.

Then something we hadn't expected....

VIP helicopters landed in the field across the road from us...

The occupants were whisked into waiting cars to complete their journey!

We only had a short wait before the riders arrived....

After the first few photos I decided to use video instead, to show the sheer scale of the field and the support vehicles...

We came away armed with our freebies after we'd watched all the helicopters leave.

Monday, 4 July 2016

We spent a lovely evening in Barrou on Saturday at the "12e Festival des Barroudeurs".The first act we saw was Baptiste Pizon, who sang one of my all time favourites - in English, of course!

The weather was perfect and the company, the best, but got a bit chilly later. That was what made us decide to leave and as we made our way to the road, the road came towards me rather more quickly than I'd anticipated. I went down like a stone; flat on my face.In Susan's words:

"Your fall was fairly dramatic. The effect was enhanced I think because you were wearing very pale colours and it was nearly dark. You just went straight down"

Fortunately I was relatively unscathed. However my camera, which was in my bag, fared less well suffering a shattered lens and broken shutter.

Colin has ordered a new one. He'll just have to put up with the old one of me, though!

About Us

After six years living in rural France we felt it was the right time for us to return to northwest England and begin a new chapter in our life together.
We chose to sell the house we already had in England and have a completely fresh start. After several months of property hunting we decided upon the first house we had viewed.
Having settled into the house and made friends in the area, we couldn't be more sure that we've made the right choice.
We have everything we need to hand and can walk out from the house into the most beautiful countryside and coastline.
We don't regret a minute in France but this is our future and we're loving it!